Store Designer

Retail Zoo; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Birthday leave

Wellness platform

Barista coffee machine

Boost smoothies

Job summary

Retail Zoo in Melbourne seeks a hands-on Store Designer to lead end-to-end design for new stores, refurbishments and store enhancements. You will collaborate with Leasing, Project Management, consultants, landlords and councils to ensure brand standards and commercial viability.

The ideal candidate has retail or hospitality design experience, strong Revit skills and a keen eye for practical, creative concepts that work in fast-paced environments.

Qualifications

• Experience in retail, hospitality, or commercial design environments.
• Strong proficiency in Revit; Adobe Creative Suite experience helpful.
• Keen creative eye for practical, commercially viable concepts.
• Excellent stakeholder management across multiple business areas.
• Strong understanding of specifications, operational efficiency and design.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage the delivery of store designs to brand standards, budgets, and timelines.
• Create concept designs and manage external architects and engineers.
• Use Revit as the primary design tool for concept packs and approvals.
• Manage end-to-end design documentation, including reviews and approvals.
• Drive improvements to design processes for efficiency and consistency.
• Collaborate with Leasing, PM, consultants, landlords, certifiers and councils.
• Ensure certifications and authority approvals align with store opening dates.
• Review shopfitter costs and support value engineering while maintaining design integrity.
• Provide timely communication across the business regarding store works.
• Assist Project Management during construction where site solutions are needed.

Skills

Creative thinking

Time management

Stakeholder management

Concept development

Tools

Revit

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Retail Zoo is a thriving Australian success story, bringing to life some of the nation’s most-loved food brands. As the powerhouse behind iconic brands including Boost Juice, Betty’s Burgers, and Salsas Fresh Mex, we’re known for shaking up the retail food scene with fresh ideas and authentic customer-focused experiences.

Our purpose is simple: “We power loved brands to enrich lives in small and big ways.”

And our vision? Also simple - To achieve extraordinary results across our portfolio of brands through outstanding capabilities & people.

We’re now seeking a passionate and hands-on Store Designer to join our team and play a key role in shaping the next chapter of our story. This is a fantastic opportunity for a commercially minded and creatively driven design professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys bringing innovative retail and restaurant concepts to life.

In this role, you’ll lead and manage the end-to-end design process across new restaurants and stores, refurbishments, and store enhancement projects. Working closely with internal teams, consultants, landlords, and project stakeholders, you’ll ensure all design outcomes align with brand standards while delivering commercially viable and operationally efficient environments.

Key Responsibilities

Coordinate and manage the delivery of store designs in line with current brand standards, budgets, timelines, and company expectations.

Create concept designs and manage external architects and engineers to ensure drawing packs align with approved concepts and brand requirements.

Use Revit as the primary design tool to develop concept packs and support documentation for internal and external approvals.

Manage the end-to-end design documentation process, including reviews, redraws, approvals, and alignment to project scope.

Drive improvements to design execution processes to increase efficiencies, consistency, and accuracy across all design proposals.

Collaborate closely with Leasing, Project Management, consultants, landlords, certifiers, and councils to support successful project delivery.

Ensure all certification, health, and authority approvals are completed in line with required store opening dates.

Review shopfitter costs and support value engineering outcomes without compromising design integrity.

Provide timely communication across the business regarding store works, refurbishments, and project impacts.

Assist the Project Management team during construction where site-specific design solutions may be required.

Our ideal candidate will have

Previous experience in retail, hospitality, or commercial design environments.

Strong proficiency in Revit, with Adobe Creative Suite experience highly regarded.

A keen creative eye with the ability to bring conceptual ideas to life in practical and commercially viable ways.

Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to collaborate across multiple areas of the business and external partners.

Strong understanding of specifications, operational efficiency, and commercial application within design.

Exceptional project coordination, organisation, and time management skills.

A proactive and hands-on approach, with the ability to manage competing priorities and tight deadlines.

Confidence working in a fast-paced environment with multiple concurrent projects.

The ability to maintain confidentiality and manage sensitive information professionally.

In return, you’ll enjoy working from our vibrant, collaborative open-plan office, with benefits including:

Hone your barista skills using our commercial-grade coffee machine.

Enjoy a freshly blended Boost smoothie whenever you need a recharge.

Taking an extra day to celebrate you with birthday leave every year.

Access to our dedicated wellness platform providing 24/7 personalised support for your health, wellbeing, and everyday life.

Most importantly, you will work with a passionate and driven team that values respect, operates in a fast-moving and vibrant environment, and has A LOT of fun along the way!